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Weekly Report - 26 April 2007
BRAZIL: Lula divides Ibama to speed up dam licences
President Lula da Silva has decided to restructure the environmental agency, Ibama, in order to speed up the concession of licences for two hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. Environmentalists are still not entirely sure if the change is for the better.
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